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Since they were linked through debt guarantees, many of the companies fell in a chain reaction.<ref name="Jung 2004 299–303" /> The focus on capacity expansion created debt that was manageable when the economy was growing. However, when the economy stalled, debt-to-equity ratios became a huge problem.